The first laneway housing of Woodview
- March, 2020
As demand for the building of new houses continues to rise in Toronto, many are unaware that there once existed a time when housing shortages reached epidemic proportions throughout the entire city.
This occurred at the end of the second world war when military veterans were returning h...
Yesterday and Today: A Connection
- February, 2019
Emery’s astonishing Norwegian connection
By Tim Lambrinos
Back in 1957, Emery Village was unexpectedly visited by a family from Oslo, Norway. Ivor and Berit Nordenson arrived at a farm in Emery with hopes and dreams of planting new roots with their two young children. In the ...